UniCredit Start Lab's business platform selects projects throughout two different evaluation steps.

In the first step, thanks to an articulated scoring model, several components are considered. Among them:

• founding team
• product/service disruptiveness
• target market and expected economic metrics
• project's development stage and its track record

Next, along with a pool of industry experts, entrepreneurs, and professionals from UniCredit's network, projects admitted to our program and recipients of the monetary prizes are identified. Five board of experts, chosen from our network of partners, will consider the business ideas from a market and feasibility perspective, supporting the selection of the 10 finalists for each of the five sectors.

Selected companies will then have the opportunity to meet with Start Lab's team to facilitate dedicated analysis of the business plan and the highlights of strengths and weaknesses of the business.

Periodic follow-up meetings will follow the evolution of the project and allow the development of a tailor-made path.